On Fri, 17 May 2002, Isaac Aaron wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'd like to install glibc 2.2 from an RPM using rpm -i --force.
> Reason: to be able to install software pre-compiled for RH7.X (where glibc
> is the only dep that doesn't match).
> Does anyone know what (bad) implications might be?
using --force is a bad idea. priod.
if you force something on your system you can't guess the exact
consqueces.
If you can provide us the exact error message that caused you to want to
to apply brute --force (the error message from when you tried to install
that package) and also your current glibc version ('rpm -q glibc') we
might be able to speculate better and suggest alternatives.
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Tzafrir Cohen
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